PS263 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: White Matter, Frontal Lobe, Papez Circuit
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The case of s. m: s. m is a 42 year old woman, s. m"s amygdalae were severely atrophied, a result of an illness called urbach- She also only rated her experience of fear to be a 2/10) S. m could understand fear, but she just could not experience it: learning about s. m"s case can help us assume 3 main things regarding the. A feeling is the subjective experience of the emotion, but not the emotion itself. Emotions are neurological processes that have evolved, which guide behaviour to help increase survival, and reproduction: kevin ochner and james gross de ne emotions as valenced responses to external stimuli and/or internal mental representations that: Involve changes across multiple response systems (experiential, behavioural, peripheral, physiological) Are distinct from moods, in that they often have identi able objects or triggers. Can involve multiple types of appraisal processes that assess the signi cance of stimuli to current goals that depend on different neural systems.
